On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Lichen. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as fungus and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Lichen meaning
- Any of many symbiotic organisms, being associations of algae and fungi, often found as white or yellow-to-blue–green patches on rocks, old walls, etc.
- Something which gradually spreads across something else, causing damage.
Synonyms of Lichen
Using Lichen
- The main meaning on this page is: Any of many symbiotic organisms, being associations of algae and fungi, often found as white or yellow-to-blue–green patches on rocks, old walls, etc. | Something which gradually spreads across something else, causing damage.
- Useful related words include: skin disease, skin disorder, skin problem, skin condition.
- In the example corpus, lichen often appears in combinations such as: the lichen, lichen and, lichen is.
Context around Lichen
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 7 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Lichen
- In this selection, "lichen" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, include, green, jelly, species, body and woodland stand out and add context to how "lichen" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after all lichen is continuously and bright green lichen. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "lichen" sits close to words such as abbe, abdollahian and abergavenny, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with lichen
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The orange is lichen, growing on the bone. (8 words)
Also, a genus of lichen has been named Zamenhofia rosei in his honour. (13 words)
River jelly lichen is a species that only live in very strict river conditions. (14 words)
Upcoming events at other Metro Vancouver parks in the community include Lichen It! at Campbell Valley Regional Park on Sunday, April 2, where people work as teams to find out how fungus and algae team up in one lichen body. (40 words)
Cleaning out the lichen and other dirt in the cracks and restoring the sculpture took about two weeks over the summer, and in late fall, the piece was moved to its new home, the Beaverbrook Art Gallery. (37 words)
The charity has removed the frilly, greenish-gold lungwort lichen from a fallen veteran oak tree in the Lake District and transferred it to dozens of nearby trees, but time will tell if the project is successful. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
Upcoming events at other Metro Vancouver parks in the community include Lichen It! at Campbell Valley Regional Park on Sunday, April 2, where people work as teams to find out how fungus and algae team up in one lichen body.
The other type is the lichen woodland or sparse taiga, with trees that are farther-spaced and lichen ground cover; the latter is common in the northernmost taiga.
Over 75 lichen species have been recorded making it one of the best sites in the Peak District to find them.
Reindeer subsist primarily on reindeer moss, or Cladonia rangiferina, which isn't a moss but actually a species of algae-fungus fusion known as lichen.
There is also the peppered moth that has little black bits of coloring peppered on its light gray body — which makes them hard to see when they are resting on a lichen covered tree.
Cleaning out the lichen and other dirt in the cracks and restoring the sculpture took about two weeks over the summer, and in late fall, the piece was moved to its new home, the Beaverbrook Art Gallery.
Nordic skiers and snowshoers come here in droves to explore the park’s trail system across a rolling terrain thick with lodgepole pine and fir, some covered with bright green lichen.
River jelly lichen is a species that only live in very strict river conditions.
Walking among them, I navigate a maze filled with dark nooks and crannies, the rough walls embedded with black and white crystals and draped with lichen and ferns.
After all, lichen is continuously branching out and adapting: She intends to do the same.
Animals, like deer, eat the lichen and the methylmercury becomes concentrated in their bodies.
Some time will be spent on lichen, ferns and other lower vascular plants that feel comfortable in moss-friendly environments.
The charity has removed the frilly, greenish-gold lungwort lichen from a fallen veteran oak tree in the Lake District and transferred it to dozens of nearby trees, but time will tell if the project is successful.
The rainforest fjords of Southeastern Alaska harbour one of the highest concentrations of lichen diversity found anywhere on Earth, according to a new study spearheaded by University of Alberta scientists.
If detected early, lichen sclerosus is easily treated in most cases with a potent steroid cream to calm the inflammation.
The orange is lichen, growing on the bone.
The balsam wreaths are handcrafted by volunteers using a variety of embellishments that include all-weather bows and a selection of natural decorations such as pinecones, seed pods, lichen, birch bark, dried flowers, and seashells.
Also, a genus of lichen has been named Zamenhofia rosei in his honour.
As with plants, a 1980 survey of McDonald Island found lower diversity there, with just eight lichen species and a number of non-lichenized fungi recorded.
Fire cycles also tend to be long near the tree line in the subarctic spruce-lichen woodlands.
Common combinations with lichen
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the lichen 5×
- lichen and 3×
- lichen is 3×
- lichen woodland 2×
- lichen species 2×
- on lichen 2×
- of lichen 2×
- lichen has 2×
- lichen or 2×